Original Article
Fibroadenoma of the breast with positive PET-scan
Authors:
- D S ClementEmail D S Clement
- P J van Diest
- M A Fernandez
- J E Huijbregts
- P A de Jong
Abstract
Background: A 26-year-old female with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A presented with an elevated serum calcitonin (710 ng/L, normal range 0-12 ng/L) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA, 110 μg/L, normal range 0.0-3.0 μg/L) during routine checkup. Eleven years before, at the age of 15, she was surgically radically treated for a medullary thyroid carcinoma. Otherwise the medical history was unremarkable. There were no palpable abnormalities in the breasts
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- Year: 2012
- Volume: 95 Issue: 3
- Page/Article: 132-133
- DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.314
- Published on 1 May 2012
- Peer Reviewed